Beckwith Heritage Days

Apparently this ghost has been seen haunting the halls of the Goulbourn Museum and appearing at the gatherings of the Goulbourn Township Historical Society from time to time, insisting that red is indeed a good colour for a soldier’s uniform, not because it hides the blood so well but because a line of British soldiers all dressed in their bright red uniforms would appear to the approaching enemy to be a much larger contingent than it really was.

Whether or not this is true about British uniforms, I might never know for sure but, on Saturday, June 10th, 2011, I think that I, and a few others, actually spoke to the real live ghost of one Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Governor General of the British North American Colonies. It turns out that rabies did him in, not some heroic event of battle, so his uniform was still spotless.

About Ron

Ron has long had an interest in photography and traveling and, in recent years, has had more time to devote to both activities. Long a Pentax user, Ron switched to Nikon gear when he went digital. The advent of the digital SLR camera, and the ease of the internet blogging process, has provided a venue for sharing his photography and travel experience at the local, national and international level. More about Ron
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